#433: Q & A with Dr. K, Pregnancy Specialist
Birthing Instincts
Dr. Stuart Fischbein + Midwife Blyss Young
4.8 • 691 Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2025
⏱️ 99 minutes
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Summary
In this week’s episode, Dr. Stu hosts a maternal-fetal medicine (MFM) specialist known on Instagram as Dr. K Pregnancy Specialist. From the rising C-section rates and the impact of continuous fetal monitoring, to the role of litigation in shaping medical practice, Dr. K shares her insights and the importance of incorporating midwifery approaches. Together, they also address more sensitive topics like the implications of maternal vaccines and SSRIs during pregnancy. Throughout the discussion, Dr. K emphasizes the importance of evidence-based practice, maternal autonomy, and the need for a balanced and non-alarmist approach to patient care.
About Dr. K:
Dr K Pregnancy Specialist is the brand persona for a double board certified MD, Maternal-Fetal Medicine physician in the USA, who has membership in the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine. Maternal Fetal Medicine physicians are specialists in managing maternal health conditions that complicate pregnancy and use prenatal ultrasound to evaluate normal and abnormal fetal development in the womb. Obstetricians that write suggested national guidelines for safe Obstetric practice are often Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialists.
Dr. K has special interests in advocacy for maternal autonomy; preventing unnecessary cesarean delivery; risk prevention & reduction for pregnant parents; diagnosing and managing
anomalies of development for the unborn fetus; and encouraging generational health practices after childbirth, such as breastfeeding/ human milk feeding. She has a panache for clear, non-alarmist communication of complex ideas.
Website: www.drkpregnancyspecialist.com
Instagram: @DrK_pregnancyspecialist
Mentioned in This Episode
Rising C-Section Rates
Challenges in Maternal Fetal Medicine
The Impact of Litigation on Medical Decisions
Ultrasound and Diagnostic Practices
Big Baby Concerns and Induction Debates
VBACs: Risks and Considerations
The Controversy Over Growth Restriction Definitions
Debating the Safety of Vaccines During Pregnancy
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Burling Instincts Podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Dr. Stewart Fishbein, community-based practicing obstetrician and long-time advocate for birth choices. |
| 0:10.0 | And I'm Bliss Young, a licensed midwife. |
| 0:13.0 | Join us in our conversational style podcast where we talk about everything birth. |
| 0:17.0 | Sometimes we laugh, sometimes we cry, but we're happy that you're here, so here we go. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, and good middle of the night, everybody. |
| 0:26.5 | It's just me, Dr. Stu, today. Bliss is in Bliss. She's at the farm in Tennessee, interviewing some |
| 0:35.0 | of the goats, including Ina Mae Gaskin. So she's not with us today. And I am going to |
| 0:40.7 | not spend any time on chit-chatting or anything small talking because we have a great guest. |
| 0:47.0 | We have Dr. Kaye, pregnancy specialist from Instagram. Some of you may know her. And she is a |
| 0:52.2 | maternal fetal medicine specialist. I've been trying to get somebody on. |
| 0:56.0 | And, of course, she's more of a like-minded maternal fetal medicine specialist. |
| 1:00.4 | You'll see in the conversation that follows that we agree on some things and we don't agree |
| 1:05.2 | on others. |
| 1:05.7 | And yet we could have a very cordial conversation about them. |
| 1:09.5 | I think this is what's necessary and very important. So let me just |
| 1:12.3 | get the bio of Dr. Kay. She is a pregnancy specialist, and it's the brand persona for a double |
| 1:19.4 | board certified MD. She's a maternal fetal medicine physician in the USA, who has membership in the |
| 1:25.0 | American College of Obstetrics and Gynaecologyology and the Society of Maternal and Fetal Medicine. |
| 1:30.6 | Maternal fetal medicine physicians are specialists in managing maternal health conditions that complicate pregnancy |
| 1:35.9 | and use prenatal ultrasound to evaluate normal and abnormal fetal development in the womb. |
| 1:41.7 | Obstetricians that write suggested national guidelines for safe, obstetric practice are often |
| 1:46.0 | maternal fetal medicine specialists. |
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